Morocco's amazing success in the Qatar World Cup and the global spotlight it received also raised questions that the royal palace was ready to ignore. First, the condition of the king who seems to be weaker than ever and therefore the question marks about his condition.
The reception in the palace for the soccer players' mothers and the absence of the "Queen," without Salma, creates more questions. In practice, Salma has not been seen in public since the end of 2017 when a crisis began in her marriage with the king.
The two are separated and it is not clear where she is. There is a claim that she is "under arrest" in the palace and in the past there were reports that she left for Greece or the USA. Salma and the king were married in 2002.
She is a computer engineer by profession and is also the mother of the heir to the throne, Moulay Elhanan bin Mohammed, who is supposed to succeed his father in time.